usec += (xtime.tv_nsec / 1000);
        } while (read_seqretry_irqrestore(&xtime_lock, seq, flags));
 
-       while (usec >= 1000000) {
-               usec -= 1000000;
+       if (unlikely(usec > LONG_MAX)) {
+               /* This can happen if the gettimeoffset adjustment is
+                * negative and xtime.tv_nsec is smaller than the
+                * adjustment */
+               printk(KERN_ERR "do_gettimeofday() spurious xtime.tv_nsec of %ld\n", usec);
+               usec += USEC_PER_SEC;
+               --sec;
+               /* This should never happen, it means the negative
+                * time adjustment was more than a second, so there's
+                * something seriously wrong */
+               BUG_ON(usec > LONG_MAX);
+       }
+
+
+       while (usec >= USEC_PER_SEC) {
+               usec -= USEC_PER_SEC;
                ++sec;
        }